Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 151
Zhu Xiongying recovered quickly, and within two days he was alive and well.

Whenever the old man had time, he would come over to take a look. He never mentioned state affairs and political affairs, and only talked about light, everyday things. Even if Zhu Xiongying brought it up, the old man immediately interrupted.

This made Zhu Xiongying a little helpless, so he had to listen to the old man and take a good rest.

But Zhu Xiongying also knew that the old man was very busy these days, because he had to prepare for the Great Court Meeting.

The Great Court Meeting at the end of the year is one of the most important court meetings of the year.

It is the grandest pomp to demonstrate the inner spirit and outer glory of a dynasty, and even any tiny detail should be as beautiful as a military event.

The annual Grand Court Meeting is routinely held at Fengtianmen.

The date of the Grand Court Assembly is set, even if it is windy or snowy, it must be held as usual, because this is the most important etiquette for a country from the emperor to the courtiers in a year.

China has been a country of etiquette since ancient times, and ritual music is the most important thing for monarchs and ministers.

Early this morning, before dawn, all civil and military bureaucrats began to arrange shifts outside the Meridian Gate.The servants in charge of the agenda are even more arrogant, and even the duke and ministers have to be ordered around by them.

A villain needs a climate to be successful, and the solemnity of the Great Court has given them the confidence to be arrogant and domineering.They shouted one by one, "Ban Qiwei?"

The guards responded one by one: "Banzi!"

It was like checking passwords when an army assembled.

After the reorganization of the team was completed, the gate of the palace had not yet been opened, so everyone had to huddle in the cold wind and wait for the five watch time.

The timekeeping in the palace is shorter than that in the folk, and the fourth watch in the folk ends after the fifth watch in the palace.

Therefore, after the fifth watch in the palace, the sound of bang and drums will sound alternately, which is called saving points, which means to release the standard time.

The sound of bang drums at midnight finally resounded on the city tower.

At this time, through the kisses on the corners of the Daqing Palace, you can still see a few stars.

So the palace door slowly opened, the creaking sound of the door hinges pierced across the night sky in the twilight of the morning light, all the officials tiptoed and filed in with solemn expressions,
Hongwu's 25th year-end grand court meeting has begun.

East Palace.

Zhu Xiongying has already put on the crown robe that symbolizes the successor of Ming Dynasty.

He looked at the tall and straight teenagers in the full-length mirror, and suddenly grinned.

"nice!"

I have to say that Daming's service is really good-looking.

The red embroidered gold thread five-claw dragon prince's gown, with a slight waist, and the wide but not bulky skirt with pleats underneath, also mixed with gold thread, made Zhu Xiongying look tall and tall.

On the waist is a jade belt inlaid with 20 yuan of high-quality Hetian jade and engraved with dragon and phoenix patterns. At the bottom of the feet are black court boots with soft soles embroidered with Erlong Xizhu.

Wearing a somewhat heavy nine-pronged crown made Zhu Xiongying mysterious and majestic.

"Your Highness!"

Li Zhong looked at Zhu Xiongying and said with a smile: "It's so pretty, it looks like the prince, if the prince is still here..."

Having said this, Li Zhong suddenly stopped, his eyes turned red.

He used to serve the crown prince, and now he serves the grandson. It can be said that he has served two generations of princes of the Zhu family. In his heart, the master is almost everything to him.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were many powerful eunuchs who encouraged the Ming Yingzong to conquest. As a result, Wang Zhen was captured by the Mongols, the Eight Tigers headed by Liu Jin, Feng Bao and Wei Zhongxian during the Wanli period, etc.

But now, in the rising Ming Empire, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao are extremely disgusted with eunuchs.As the controllers of the country, they have seen too many eunuchs rebelling in history, which led to the decline of the country.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that, except for the eunuchs who served in the harem of the prince and grandson, the rest of the eunuchs in the palace could only be used for rough work.They are not allowed to read or write, and they are not even allowed to speak casually.

This policy did not last long, and was abolished by Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji. The main reason was that he needed trustworthy servants to handle private documents, and except for eunuchs, other groups could not provide such loyalty and confidentiality.

This made things more rapid and efficient to a certain extent, but it also promoted the rise of eunuch power.

Eunuchs are a special group. Part of their body is missing. At the same time, they are also one of the closest people to those in power. This particularity has also caused them to influence the court many times in the history of China.

Regarding the handling of eunuchs, Zhu Xiongying still agrees with the old man's approach. Eunuchs should not participate in political affairs, but Zhu Xiongying will not look down on them because of this.

"Have a heart."

Zhu Xiongying patted Li Zhong's shoulder, with such a simple action, Li Zhong couldn't help but shed tears.

"The old slave is rude, Your Highness forgive me!"

"Let's go."

Zhu Xiongying waved his hand and went to Jinshen Hall.

In the hall, the old man also finished bathing and changing clothes. Today, he is wearing a bright yellow dragon robe. On his head is a golden crown woven with golden threads. On it are two lifelike golden dragons. Beads are very spiritual.

"Sun Chen, see Grandpa Huang!"

Zhu Xiongying bowed down and kowtowed.

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly helped Zhu Xiongying up, and said with a smile, "Get up, it's cold on the ground!"

Zhu Xiongying got up, went forward to support the old man, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, grandson is not so delicate."

"Grandpa knows, but your illness is just right, so you should pay more attention, understand?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the grandson in front of him with a loving face, stretched out a pair of big hands, grabbed Zhu Xiongying's arms, and said : "Our eldest grandson has really grown up. Some time ago, grandpa was lazy and put all the burden on you."

"grandfather……"

Zhu Xiongying was about to speak, but was interrupted by Zhu Yuanzhang: "Listen to our finished words, we can still toss this old bone for a few years, if you have anything to do in the future, you can do it boldly, don't worry too much, we still have to worry about it." I can give you the bottom line!"

"Grandson knows!" Zhu Xiongying's heart warmed, and he nodded heavily.

"Okay, let's go, don't make Baiguan wait too long!"

As soon as the two moved, Liu Bao sang at the entrance of the hall, "Your Majesty, drive!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Outside the hall, a royal chariot and a guard of honor were already waiting, and a group of guards knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhu Yuanzhang took Zhu Xiongying's hand and got on the imperial chariot amidst the humility of the crowd.

The guard of honor began to march towards Fengtianmen.

The emperor's guard of honor was very long. Wherever they passed, the palace people bowed down one after another and looked down at the ground. They were not qualified to see the emperor.

And Zhu Xiongying walked beside the imperial chariot, holding the pole of the 16-person imperial chariot with one hand, and the jade belt around his waist with the other hand.

The waist is straight, and the eyes are not squinted.

The imperial chariot stopped in front of Fengtian Gate, and Zhu Yuanzhang got off the imperial chariot.

"Big grandson!"

"The grandson is here!"

"Hold our hand, we two will pass together!"

"Yes!"

The old emperor's old arm rested on Zhu Xiongying's vigorous hand, and under a golden dragon and yellow Luo umbrella, one old and one young walked slowly towards the highest point of Fengtianmen...

At this time, the square in front of Fengtianmen was already full of officials, thousands of people.

Officials above the seventh grade of the capital are required to participate.

"Long live the emperor, long live!"

"The grandson of the emperor is a thousand years old!"

Amidst the pilgrimage of the courtiers, Hongwu's last court meeting in 25 years, and also the largest court meeting officially started...

(End of this chapter)